Kryptid

Chapter 13 : dirty thoughts and more bad news

Isabelle pov:

Alex suddenly looked dog tired. "Are you ok?" I asked worriedly. "Serum. Made me lose powers. Hard to use" he stuttered out. Flipping the cars must have used up his energy. I felt crazy. I was terrified. We almost got captured. And the soldiers word stuck in my head. "You and me are gonna have some fun" I shuddered. Alex's eyes were still purple. They weren't changing. "What happened back there.?" I asked finally after an hour of silence. "You were right. It was a trap." Alex said. He looked utterly defeated. "And I almost got you killed because I didn't listen" he said. I could hear his self hatred. "Alex don't beat yourself up about this. I understand why you had to do it. In truth the only reason I don't want you to come was because I was scared for you. I didn't think it was actually a trap. I just didn't want you to go." I confessed, remembering our fight from last night. Alex was so pissed and so was I. "I'm sorry" Alex said after a minute. "What did he say in that room" I asked curiously but in truth I was almost afraid of the answer. "My powers. They're stronger than they should be. I'm go to start training myself to use them more. And I'm going to be working out. I can't just rely on my powers in a fight" he said with conviction. "We shouldn't have to fight" I sighed.

We were just kids. We should be in school living normal lives. "Is that all?" I asked. "Yeah" Alex replied quickly without looking at me. "Pull over" I demanded. Alex pulled over. There were no cars nearby. "What else did he say?" I asked again. And again Alex said nothing. Maybe I shouldn't press. It's been a rough day already. I could always find out later. I leaned in for a kiss but Alex backed away looking away from me. "We need to go" he said and started driving again. I felt like I had just got slapped In the face. I turned to look out of my window. Alex turned on the radio but it kept it low. I rested my head back and closed me eyes.

I hadn't realized I had fallen asleep until Alex gently shook me awake. "We're back" he said. I got out and stretched and followed him into hq. We went straight to maxes. Alex retold the day's events to an eager max. By the end max had a dreary look. And Alex was still hiding something. Max dismissed us and we went back to Alex's room. He got in the shower. I layed down on his bed pondering on what he could be hiding. When he got back out he didn't have a shirt on. I found myself staring at his muscles back as he pulled on his shirt. I got up as he turned around and once again tried to kiss him. I wanted him. But he backed away again. I got mad. "What the hell aren't you telling my Alex?!" I demanded. He looked away from me and didn't answer. After a minute neither of us had moved and he finally answered. "The doctor told me that the chemical that gave me my powers was from a meteor. Alien. He also said it was contagious. Like a virus. And I infected you. He said some people died from it" he said with tears gleaming in his eyes. And fear as well. I was personally shocked. I was infected with an alien virus. And it could kill. I shuddered. But if it was going to kill me it would have by now. And since I wasn't dead it meant I had to be fine. "The side effects are headaches. And they increase your powers" he whispered as I thought silently. So that's where my headaches were coming from. But they were getting to be less and less frequent. They were going away. I was going to be fine. Now I had to convince Alex. I jumped at him and before he could back away I kissed him. To my relief he kissed back. I pulled away before I lost my train of thought. Alex looked surprised. "The headaches are going away. I'll be fine. And besides. It's worth it. To be with you" I said gently. "I was so scared. The second he told me I thought I may have lost you" Alex said almost silently. "Alex I swear you won't lose me" I said as I hugged him. He hugged me and held onto me like I was his lifeline.

"I love you" I said against his shirt. "I love you too" he said. I felt so happy and lucky. I had an awesome boyfriend who was genuinely afraid of losing me. "Hey want to come with me to that training house?" Alex asked after awhile of us standing still. I nodded. We left hq and started driving. Another storm was brewing. When we got there we found we were alone. When we got there Alex said "hang on I want to try this" and he pointed one of his hands at the hypersport we had just gotten out of. The car slowly raised off the ground. Alex looked like he was concentrating but not to hard. He set it back down gently. "I want to get to where I can do it easy as lifting my finger" he said. We went inside. There were some punching bags in a corner. We started with those. Alex punched as hard he could yet didn't even break a sweat. "I need an actual person to fight against. Someone good." He said exasperated. I had an idea. We had a state of the art robot programmed with almost every fighting technique there was. But we never used it. The first person who fought against it nearly died. But Alex wasn't normal. "Stay here I'll be right back." I said as I went to the closet where it was stored. I brought it back and Alex looked at it with curiosity. I turned it on. It was a humanoid robot but the head was just a rectangle with a single eye. It looked at Alex and its eye turned red. Alex knew what this meant. Before I could even register what was going on they were fighting. They were moving so fast I couldn't quite keep track. Suddenly the robot gained the upper hand and flipped Alex on his back.